Benefits of usability testing
Filed Under Usability, UI, Benefits, Testing | Posted on April 24, 2008
Why is there such a lot of focus on doing proper usability testing ? Whenever there is any discussion of doing a product and plans are drawn, doing usability testing is deemed as a critical part of the overall plan. What are the benefits of doing usability testing and what can you learn about your […]
What is user interface prototyping ?
Filed Under Interface, UI, Prototyping | Posted on February 16, 2008
A prototype is a semi-functional simulation of the product, and an inexpensive alternative to full technical implementation. Prototyping is an excellent means for generating ideas about how a user interface can be designed, and it helps to evaluate the quality of a solution at an early stage. Prototypes may be created using tools such as […]
Why does user interface design fail ?
Filed Under Usability, Interface, UI, Design | Posted on February 12, 2008
Let’s take the scenario of a company striving to make a great product. They believe that they have a good development team, are well connected with potential consumers, and there is a ready market out there. And they are sufficiently knowledgeable that they want to do a cycle of user interface design and spend some […]
User interface design process
Filed Under Interface, UI, Design, Process | Posted on February 7, 2008
The above term sounds like a very grand term, although it could be simply defined as the way that the user interface design works. User interface design requires a judicious mixture of creativity, design knowledge and experience, task analysis and a thorough understanding of users requirements. Let us try and understand what this process is […]
User Interface Design Resources
Filed Under Interface, UI, Resources, Design | Posted on February 4, 2008
For the practitioners of User Interface Design and its adherents, there are a large number of resources available on the net where they can get more information, learn from skilled resources, and in general learn about advances in the field. Such education from time to time also makes them aware of practices that they might […]
UI Design Principles
Filed Under UI, Iterative | Posted on January 30, 2008
What are UI design principles ?
Design principles are statements of policy which help designers to make decisions during a design process. Design principles are high level guidance which require interpretation before they can be applied in real world design tasks.
The structure principle. Your design should organize the user interface purposefully, in meaningful and useful ways […]
User interface design tips
Filed Under UI, Tips, Design | Posted on January 22, 2008
The field of User Interface Design is a fairly complex field; to get a good design that is attractive to the user is an incredibly tough task. However, it is always helpful to review some good tips that can help in this matter. So, here is a compilation of user tips from studying various resources:
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What is user interface design ?
Filed Under UI, Design, Software | Posted on January 9, 2008
When designing a great product, the term of User Interface Design is deemed to be very important. Before we go into the depth of why it is so, it is necessary that we understand what exactly we mean by User Interface Design.
User interface design or user interface engineering is the design of computers, appliances, machines, […]
